By  Bill Nichols

YORBA LINDA, Calif.  -- Richard Nixon was laid to rest here Wednesday on a day for old divisions to be forgotten, if not finally healed.

        A series of emotional eulogies praised the former president for his heart, his never-quit attitude and his contributions to world peace.

        But it was President Clinton who sought to put triumphs and failures in perspective:

        "May the day of judging President Nixon on anything less than his entire life and career come to a close."

        Nixon, who died Friday in New York at 81, was buried with military honors next to wife Pat on the grounds of the Nixon Library & Birthplace.

        The 70-minute service was televised live without interruption by all four networks.

        His daughters, Julie Eisenhower and Tricia Cox, led the gathering of mourners, which included four living ex-presidents and their wives.

        Among the words of praise:

        -- "Richard Nixon ended a war, and he advanced the vision of peace of his Quaker youth." - Henry Kissinger.

        -- "The American people love a fighter, and in Dick Nixon they found a gallant one." - Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan.

        -- "To him, it was no disgrace to fight and be beaten. The only disgrace was to quit. And he never did." - California Gov. Pete Wilson.

        Nixon's 1974 resignation because of the Watergate scandal was hardly mentioned.

        But several of the key Watergate players - such as G. Gordon Liddy and Charles Colson - did attend.